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WASHINGTON — A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system under development there. A high-level fiscal year

HELSINKI — China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026. Chang’e-7 will be prepared

In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who is now the CEO

HELSINKI — China carried out separate Long March 8 and Long March 6A launches this week, adding new batches of satellites to the country’s megaconstellation projects. The missions mark the

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was widely described as the first commercial space war. Not because satellites were firing weapons, but because privately owned systems became essential to the fight. A

Preparing to send astronauts back to the moon is no small feat. Spaceflight exposes the body to both known and unknown risks, some of which are subtle, cumulative, and difficult

WASHINGTON — Space mobility company Portal Space Systems has raised $50 million to scale up development of its highly maneuverable spacecraft. The company announced April 9 it closed a Series

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force selected 14 companies to compete for contracts under a new $1.8 billion procurement of satellites and supporting technologies to monitor activity in geosynchronous orbit.